Italian (Siena)
Martino di Bartolomeo (Italian, 1389-1434/5)
1394/95
Saint Benedict Presenting his Rule to Benedictine and Cistercian Monks in a Historiated Initial "O" from a Choirbook
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Italian (Siena)
Martino di Bartolomeo (Italian, 1389-1434/5)
1394/951394/95
Saint Benedict Presenting his Rule to Benedictine and Cistercian Monks in a Historiated Initial "O" from a Choirbook
Italian (Siena) Martino di Bartolomeo (Italian, 1389-1434/5) 1394/95 →medievaltemperamanuscript
Date
1394/95
Medium
Manuscript cutting with tempera and gold leaf, with rounded gothica textualis inscriptions in black ink, ruled in red, on parchment
Dimensions
23.5 × 19.2 cm (9 5/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of the Frank W. Gunsaulus Estate
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